Journal box



A. C. McCORD.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJZ. I918.

Patented Jan. 17

UNITED STATES PATENT vOFFICE.

ALVIN C. MGGORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MGCORD '80 COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

JOURNAL BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an 17, 1922 Application filed August 12, 1918. Serial No. 249,472.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN C. MoConn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to journal boxes of the type wherein a cast top is applied to a pressed metal or independently formed cellar, and generally stated, has for its object to obtain a maximum amount of strength with a minimum amount of material.

Particularly, this invention has for its object to improve the construction of that type of journal box disclosed and broadly claimed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 1,077,159, granted to Ivar A. Randel, as inventor, of date, October 28, 1913, and entitled Journal box.

lVhen the present invention is applied to a journal box of the type disclosed in the said prior Randel patent, the cast top will be cast with integral columns to embrace the sides of the pressed metal cellar, and an independently formed metal tie plate, preferably of pressed sheet steel and arranged to engage the bottom of the pressed cellar, will have its ends rigidly connected to the lower ends of the said cellar. In the present arrangement, the ends of the tie plate are made fast to the lower ends of the columns in the process of casting the top to its integral columns. The cast top is provided with integral upper column lugs and is formed with an upper or arch bar seat; and the columns, at their lower ends, are cast with integral lower column lugs. The independently formed tie plate is adapted to rest upon the tie bar of the truckframe and its lower surface serves as a tie bar seat.

The invention, in its preferred embodiment, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View, some parts being broken away and some parts being indicated by dotted lines only, illustrating. the invention as applied to a journal box;

F g. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical section taken approximately in a plane indicated on the irregular line 22 on Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one end of the tie plate; and Fig. 4 is a perspectlve View showing a slightly modified form of the tie plate, some parts being broken away in both of said Figs. 3 and l.

The cellar, which is preferably a pressed metal cellar, is indicated by the numeral 5. The cast top 6, as already indicated, is preferably' cast fast to the upper edge of the cellar, substantially as more fully disclosed in the said prior Handel patent, and it is formed with laterally spaced depending columns 7 that will closely embrace the sides of the cellar 5. On this upper portion, the cast top 6 is formed with an arch bar seat 8, and at the end of the same, with integral upper column lugs '9. At their lower extremities, the columns 7 are formed with lower column lugs 10. The upper and lower lugs 9 and 10 are provided with column bolt holes 9 and 10- through which the column bolts, not shown, are adapted to be passed.

The tie plate 13 is rigidly tied at its ends to the lower ends of the column 7. The ends of the tie plate 13 are rigidly secured to the lower lugs 10 and preferably, this is accomplished by providing the said tie plate, at its ends, with projecting ears 14 that are cast into or onto the lower lugs 10 in the operation of casting the top and columns. In that event, the tie plate must, of course, be properly constructed or made before the top and columns are cast. Instead of rigidly uniting the tie plate and columns by the casting operation, they might be rigidly united by Welding, in which event, of course, the casting or stamping metal parts would be independently formed in advance of their union. Even rivets might be used to conand the bottom of the lower lugs are slightly above the bottom of the tie plate.

- Vith such an arrangement, the tie plate 13 very greatly reinforce the columns andthe cellar embraced between them when seated over the said tie plate. 7 a

A journal box of this character is of course especially adapted for use in connection with truck side frames of the well known arch bar type wherein an upper truss bar, usually desi nated as an arch bar, is seated on the top of the box and a lower truss bar, usually designated as a tie bar, is extended under the bottom of'the box.

In the drawings, neither of these bars have been shown for the reason that the construction is well known and understoo by those familiar with this art.

What I claim is:

1. A journal box comprising an independently formed metallic cellar, an independently formed top therefor having integral depending laterally spaced columns embracing the sides of said cellar, and an independently formed metallic tie plate extending under said box and inwardly connectcd to the lower ends of said columns by cast metal.

2. A journal box comprising an independently formed metallic cellar, an independently formed top therefor having integral depending laterally spaced columns, and an independently formed metallic tie plate extended under said box and rigidly connected to the lower ends of said columns, said top being formed with an arch bar seat and with integral outstanding upper column lugs, and the said columns, at their lower ends, having integral outstandinglower column lugs. p

3. A journal box comprising an independently formed metallic cellar, an independently formed top therefor cast fast to said cellar in the process of making said top,

said top having integrally cast outstanding uppercolumn lugs and integrally cast depending laterally spaced columns terminating at their lower ends in outstanding column lugs, and an independently formed metallic tie plate extended under said box and made fast-to the lower ends of said columns in the process of casting the said columns and top.

4. A journal box comprising an independently formed metallic cellar, an independently formed top therefor having depending laterally spaced columns, and'an independently formed metallic tie plate extended under said box and rigidly connected to the lower ends of said columns, the ends of said tie late, underlying said columns, being in a p ane above the plane of the body of said tie plate.

5. A journal box comprising an independ ently formed metallic cellar,-an independently formed top therefor having integral depending laterally spaced columns, an independently formed metallic tie plate extended under said box and rigidly connected to the lower ends of said columns, the upper surface of said top being formed to serve as an arch bar seat and the bottom of said tie plate serving as a'tie bar seat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALVIN O. MoOORD. Witnesses:

M. J. TRAVERS, C. J. CorELANn. 

